Yazidi genocide a decade on: Iraq camp closures loom, but survivors still live in fear of Islamic State
Luke Moffett, Queen’s University Belfast Ten years ago, on August 3, fighters from Islamic State (IS) left their bases in Syria and Iraq to attack the Sinjar region of north-western Iraq. Sinjar was home to the Yazidi people, a religious group native to the region. IS saw religious groups like the Yazidi as